Wired: The lessons we all must learn from the A-levels algorithm debacle
August 21, 2020 /
What happens when you use an algorithm to assign grades? For hundreds of thousands of students in the UK, a “catastrophic failure.” Bravo to my colleagues at The Future of Privacy Forum, Pollyanna Sanderson and Sara Jordan, for their smart contributions to this WIRED story about what happens when you remove the human element from a very personal, individualized decision-making process: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gcse-results-alevels-algorithm-explained